Georgina Binnie-Clark was born at the Digby Hotel in Sherborne on 24 April 1871, one of seven children born to Arthur Walter Binnie Clark (1834-1913), manager of the Digby Hotel and former valet to George Wingfield Digby (1797-1883), and Maria Louise Clark (née Letheby) (1837-1908). Georgina’s parents were married by licence at Taunton in Somerset … Read more
On 26 April 1736, Hannah Baugh of the parish of St James Westminster was married by licence at St Luke’s Chelsea to printer and widower William Bettinson. In 1737, William Bettinson and George Price (whose name disappears from the record after June 1737) moved to Sherborne and established a printing house (now Bute House) in … Read more
Above the south-west door of the church of St Mary Magdalene at Castleton a stone plaque records the long service of Margaret Barnard to the Earls of Digby, and also her gift of £20 towards the building of the church: ‘Here lieth the Body of MARGARET BARNARD An old faithful servant to ye Earls of … Read more